Ventilating apparatus.



No. 694,648. I Patentd Mar. 4, I902. w. H. & .1. F. ;.JDRDAN.

VHENTILATING APPARATUS. (Application filed Apr. 25, 1900.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM JORDAN AND JOHN F. JORDAN, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

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SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent NO. 694,648, dated March 4, 1902.

Application filed April 26, 1900. Serial No. 14,232. We model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, WILLIAM H. JORDAN and JOHN F. JORDAN, citizens of the United States, residing in the borough of Brooklyn, city of New York, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have jointly invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Wall- Brackets, of which the following is a specification.

The object of our invention is to provide a simple, cheap, and efiective arrangement whereby an ordinary rotating electric fan may be employed as an exhaust-wheel or asa blower.

In carrying our invention into effect we employ an adjustable bracket for supporting the fan and motor, which consists of a wall plate having two arms pivoted thereto, said arms being adjustable longitudinally, horizontally, and vertically, and these arms at their outer ends carry a plate upon which the motor and fan are mounted and which plate ispreferably pivoted for verticaladjustment relative to the arms. Locking devices are provided for locking the parts in We also provide a circular guard in which the fan revolves. This guard when the fan is employed to draw air into a room or force hot air out of a room through an opening in a window surrounds such opening and increases the effectiveness of the fan, as will be well understood. The window having the opening through which air is forced may be provided with a hinged cover to close the opening when the fan is swung away from the opening and employed simply to produce a current of air in the room, or, if preferred, an extra movable sash provided with a circular opening may be employed.

. Our invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is an elevation showing our improved bracket supporting a motor and fan in position to exhaust airfrom the room, and Fig. 2 is a plan View of the bracket.

In the drawings, 0, represents any suitable electric motor, I) the blades of the fan driven by the motor, and c the circular guard supported by rods 01 from the motor. The adjustable bracket for supporting the motor comprises the wall-plate e, upper and lower arms f and g,

' and g on the bracket-arms, and the latter being hinged upon lugs e and e on the wallplate, the'arrangement being such that when the'nuts on the pivot-bolts are tightened the parts will be firmly locked together and hold the arms f and gin whatever position desired. The motor-plate t is provided with a tongue '5, which is hinged between flanges f on arm f and is locked in position by the pivot-bolt. This plate is also provided with notches i with which projections on the motor-base engage to prevent the motor from turning when adjusted in the desired position. The motor is locked upon plate 1' by a screw-threaded rod carried by the: motor base and which passes through a hole in plate 2" and receives a thumb-nut is for clamping the motorto the plate. The outer end .of bracket-arm g is provided with a head having flanges similar to flanges 9 which are hinged to a tongue on the head of arm from which flanges f project.

From the 'foregoing'description it will be seen that the bracket-arms can be varied in length or raised or lowered to any desired angle, and that the plate '5 can be adjusted to a horizontal or inclined position, and that the bracket can be adjusted laterally in an arc of one hundred and eighty degrees.- In the position shown the fan, according to the inclination of the blades, will act either to draw air into the room or to exhaust air therefrom, and if it is desired to reversethe action of the fan the bracket is moved away from the window and the motor reversed, so that when placed in position again the motor will project through the opening in the window and the guard will be close to the window again with the fan reversed. If it is desired to employ the fan to produce an air-current in the room, the motor is swung away from the window to the desired position, and,

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if desired; the bracket arms or plate 1' may be adjusted vertically, so that the current of air will be directed upward or downward, as desired.

What we claim is- 1. A bracket havingin combination, a wallplate, two sectional arms hinged to said wallplate, so as to be capable of vertical adj ustment, and each arm being longitudinally adjustable a greater or less extent relatively to the other, and one serving as a brace for the other, an independently-adjustable plate carried by said arms, and means for locking the adjustable elements in position, substantially as set forth.

2. A bracket having in combination, a wallplate, two longitudinally-adjustable arms, each adjustable a greater or less extent relatively to the other, and one serving as a brace for the other, a hinge connection between said arms and wall-plate permitting vertical and lateral adjustment of said arms, an independently-adjustable plate carried by said arms,and meansfor locking the adjustable elements in position, substantially as set forth.

3. A bracket having in combination, a wallplate, two longitudinally adjustable arms, each adjustable a greater or less extent relatively to the other, and one serving as a brace for the other, a hinge connection between said arms and wall-plate permitting vertical and lateral adjustment of said arms, an independently-adj ustable plate carried by said arms, and means for independently locking the adjustable elements in position, substantially as set forth.

4. A bracket having in combination, a wallplate, two sectional arms hinged to said wallplate, so as to be capable of vertical adjustment, one sect-ion of each arm being tubular to receive the other section, and each arm being longitudinally adjustable a greater or less extent relatively to the other, and one serving as a brace for the other, an independentlyadjustable plate carried by said arms, and means for locking the adjustable elements in position, substantially as set forth.

5. A bracket having in combination a wallplate, two horizontally-swingin g links hinged thereon, a vertically-adjustable arm hinged to each link, said arms being longitudinally adjustable a greater or less extent relatively to each other and one serving as a brace for the other, a supporting-plate carried by said arms, and means for locking the adjustable elements in position,substantially as set forth.

6. A bracket having in combination a wallplate, two horizontally-swinging links hinged thereon, a vertically-adj ustable sectional arm hinged to each link, one section of each arm being tubular to receive the other section, and said arms being longitudinally adjustable a greater or less extent relatively to each other and one serving as a brace for the other, an independently adjustable plate carried by said arms, and means for lockingthe adjustable elements in position, substantially as set forth.

This specification signed and witnessed this 16th day of April, 1900.

WM. H. JORDAN. JOHN F. JORDAN.

VVituesses tosignature of William H. Jordan:

WM. PELZER, JNo. R. TAYLOR. lVitnesses to signature of John F. Jordan:

ARCHIBALD G. REESE, JNo. R. TAYLOR. 

